Teaching of poetry: review and methodological proposals for the exploitation of poetic texts in the classroom of Spanish as a Foreign Language

Abstract

In recent years the revaluation of the use and exploitation of poetic texts in the classroom of Spanish as a Foreign Language has determined a complex coexistence of theoretical considerations and didactic procedures. Today, the utilization of literature in the context of foreign language classroom continues to pass from the total or partial refusal to an absolute reclamation. When that is the case, it is common to see how didactic solutions are offered systematically without really considering proper exploitation techniques based both on the type of students that have Spanish as a Foreign Language, and the qualities and potential of the texts themselves. The present article tries to analyze the causes, and subsequently provide ways of approach and methodological exploitation that configure a framework of action in the class of Spanish as a Foreign Language.